Historic Building Details

HB Ref No:
HB20/15/002

Address :
Park Lea Main Street Crumlin Co Antrim

Townland:
Ballytromery

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Survey 2:
Record Only

Date of Listing:
11/12/1974 00:00:00

Date of De-listing:
21/07/1995 00:00:00

Current Use:
Demolished

Former Use
House

Conservation Area:
No

Industrial Archaeology:
No

Vernacular:
No

Thatched:
No

Monument:
No

Derelict:
Demolished

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OS Map No:
128/9

IG Ref:
J1502 7614

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Owner Category

Housing

Exterior Description And Setting

Demolished and replaced by a housing development. Described in the first survey in 1971 as "A two-storey seven bay house with harled walls and hipped roof. Lower windows and entrance have been somewhat altered; upper windows in recessed sash boxes retain full glazing bars. A two-storey return of lower eaves level is four bays long; lower windows retain full glazing bars in unrecessed boxes; three of upper windows have been modernised, one retains full glazing bars in unrecessed box. An entrance on the ground floor is recessed in an elliptical arched opening; the panelled door is flanked by patterned sidelights; the fanlight is decorated. A splayed single-storey bay occupies adjacent gable of main house."

Architects

Not Known

Historical Information

Built in 1801 as a boarding school by Rev Nathaniel Alexander, the Presbyterian minister. Described in the 1830s as "a good classical boarding school"; "an academy for both boarders and day scholars", and as being built of stone and lime. This building was previously listed and then de-listed and has now been replaced by a housing development. References - Primary Sources 1. OS Map 1832-3, Co Antrim 59. 2. Ordnance Survey memoirs of Ireland, Vol 21: Parishes of County Antrim VII, 1832-8 (Belfast 1993), pp 62, 66, 74-75, 76. Secondary Sources 1. UAHS, West Antrim (Belfast, 1970), p 8 (entry no 4).

Criteria for Listing

Architectural Interest

Not listed

Historic Interest

Not listed

Evaluation

Demolished and replaced by a housing development.

General Comments

Date of Survey

14 February 1999